13 Days In-depth Xinjiang Small Group Tour

Our guide will pick you up when you arrive at Urumqi airport. You will find the guide is waiting for you at the exit. When you meet, the guide and driver will drive you to the hotel and help you to check in. The rest of the day，you will visit Xinjiang Museum to see the unearthed cultural relics full of Uygures ethnic taste.

Our guide will pick you up when you arrive at Urumqi airport. You will find the guide is waiting for you at the exit. When you meet, the guide and driver will drive you to the hotel and help you to check in. The rest of the day，you will visit Xinjiang Museum to see the unearthed cultural relics full of Uygures ethnic taste.

Accommodation: Urumqi

Xinjiang Museum

Day 2 Urumqi-Fuyun County

Attractions: Heavenly Lake(Breakfast)

Today we will do a full day tour to Heavenly Lake at the waist of North Slope of Bogda Mountain. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains the lake water remains cold all year round and so it is regarded as one of the best summer resort and tourist attractions in Urumqi. In the afternoon our local driver and guide will escort you to Fuyun County and check in at local hotel.

Accommodation: Fuyun County

Heavenly Lake

Day 3 Fuyun-Burqin

Attractions: Keketuohai National Geological Park (Breakfast)

In the morning our guide will pick you up from hotel and transfer to visit Keketuohai National Geological Park. The most distinctive feature of the park is the mineral deposit and mine ruins. After visiting here our guide and driver will escort you to Burqin and c heck in at local hotel.

Accommodation: Fuyun County

Keketuohai National Geological Park

Day 4 Burqin-Kanas

Attractions: Kanas Natural Reserve(Breakfast)

Our guide and driver will pick you up from hotel asfter breakfast and transfer to visit Kanas Natural Reserve. Here you may see the clouds sea, virgin forest, pasture scenery, silver birches, Kanas River, glacial ruins, etc. the highlight here will be Kanas Lake.

Accommodation: Kanas

Kanas Natural Reserve

Day 5 Kanas-Hemu

In the morning if you get up early you will witness the beautiful sunrise in Kanas. After breakfast, our driver and guide will pick you up and head to Hemu Village. Arriving in Hemu you will enjoy some free time to refresh yourself.

Accommodation: Hemu Village

Hemu Village

Day 6 Hemu Village- Karamay

Attractions: Hemu Village, Urho Ghost City(Breakfast)

In the morning you will visit the Hemu Village. One of the 3 existed Tuvas villages in China. Then the guide and driver will escort you to visit the Urho Ghost City. The various strange shaped land forms are a little scary and mysterious but these features attracted increasing numbers of people did their adventure. After that the guide and the driver will escort you to Karamay and check in local hotel.

Accommodation: Karamay

Urho Ghost City

Day 7 Karamay-Sayram Lake

Attractions: Sayram Lake(Breakfast)

Today you will do a full day tour to Sayram Lake and stay overnight in the yurt there. The alpine lake is well known home and abroad for its pretty natural scenery. As early in the Qing Dynasty, Sayram Lake was listed as one of the great lakes needing worshipping yearly.

Accommodation: Sayram

Sayram Lake

Day 8 Sayram-Naraty

After breakfast, the driver and the guide will pick you up and drive across Fruit Valley to Naraty in the afternoon. Arriving in Naraty you will check in at hotel and enjoy the free time.

Accommodation: Naraty

Day 9 Naraty-Bayinbuluk

Attractions: Naraty Grassland, Swan Lake Natural Reserve(Breakfast)

Today you will visit two spots. The first one will be Naraty Grassland, the traditional idea pasture with plenty of water and lush grass since ancient time. The pretty pasture landscape and the local customs make this grassland famous tourist attraction in Xinjiang. In the afternoon we will visit the Swan Lake Natural Reserve. Then the guide and the driver will escort you to Baiyinbuluk to check in at local hotel.

Accommodation: Baiyinbuluk

Swan Lake Natural Reserve

Day 10 Baiyinbuluk-Korlor

This morning you will visit the Baiyinbuluk Grassland to feel the most fresh morning air. Then the guide and the driver will escort you to Korlor to check in local hotel.

Accommodation: Korlor

Day 11 Korlor-Turpan

Attractions: Jiaohe Ruins (Breakfast)

In the morning pick up from hotel and the driver and the guide will escort you to Turpan. Arriving in Turpan you will visit the Jiaohe Ruins, which is one of the most important towns along the ancient Silk Road. It is also the largest, oldest and best-preserved earth construction in the world. Although 2,000 years have passed, the former brilliants of Jiaohe can still be found from the ruins.

Today we are going to visit three famous places. In the morning, you will have an exploration of the well-known Karez Well, the gigantic underground irrigation system created by ancient Xinjiang people. There are over 1,100 Karez Wells in Turpan, providing precious water source to this dry and hot area during the past 400 years. The next stop of today will be the existed largest ancient pagoda in Xinjiang, Sugong Pagoda. The pagoda is a 44-meter-high (144 feet) Islamic pagoda, which bears a history of over 200 years. Then you will be escorted to Urumqi and visit International Bazaar.

Accommodation: Urumqi

International Bazaar

Day 13 Urumqi Departure

After breakfast at the hotel, you may have all your belongings and luggage packed, check out of the hotel by yourself. Our guide and driver will drive you to the airport to take the homeward flight

Price includes

All the entrance fee throughout the itinerary (Shuttle bus in Kanas, Naraty, Bayinbuluk and Heavenly Lake are included)

Travel insurance

Travel permit (as the area from Bayinbuluk to Korler is not open to foreign tourist, our company will prepare the travel permit for you)

Two bottles of mineral water per person per day

Price excludes

Lunches and Dinners

Personal expenses

Tips to guide and driver

Optional activities

Optional activities

Booking Method

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Our real trip advisors will have your booking confirmed no more than 1 working day. We even take last minute booking if time is pressing. When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices.

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Our Tour guide

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Apart from been knowledgeable, they are also friendly, fun, attentive, and flexible.
Nothing is too difficult or troublesome for them, as they will always try their best to make a pleasant journey for you!
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Our Driver and Vehicle

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The vehicles we use are all air-conditioned and kept in good safety and sanitary condition.
The drivers we use are all licensed driver with many years driving experience. More attentive,
we offer you a free baby seatservice if you travel with your baby.

Our vehicle

Inside Looking of Our Vehicle

Our Driver and Car

Meals

Food is a part of the important culture for Chinese people. China fits for all budgets. Hotels booked by us will include breakfast.
Lunch is chosen at restaurant which is popular among locals, and with good environment. (All restaurants have Western styled Washroom available if this is what makes you feel headache about China) Dinner is mostly left for yourself,
so you enjoy more freedom on your local food adventure or some familiar hometown food.
If you are a Vegetarian, or Muslim , or allergy on any kind of food, you are suggested to inform this to your travel consultant,
they will help arrange proper restaurant or food to meet your needs.